1. 32, mainly elderly folks died after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep valley in Taiwan while retuning from a cherry blossom watching trip.
Investigation on the causes of this deadly accident is still ongoing.
RIP to the dead n condolences to the surviving family n friends.
2. A 77-yr old woman died while the maid was detained for questioning. Not the 1st case n neither will it be the last.
I wonder if there are common threads that can help the employer, n the maid, recognise a breaking point so that such violent n tragic incident can be avoided?
Summarising from my own experience n verbal sharing from friends who hv elderly being taken care of by maids, it is not easy on the maid as elderly, especially those who r frail n sick, can behave rather harshly towards the maid.
The maid may not be properly trained, or learned enough, to handed "difficult" elderly n the immense stress that come with the job. This plus any unfortunate or unpleasant happening in the maid's home town, can triggered uncontrolled violent act that lead to death. Most r not premeditated though manslaughter still means someone died!! It is not much comfort.
May this tragedy be resolved quickly so that closure can be initiated by the family of the dead n that of the supposed killer!
Investigation on the causes of this deadly accident is still ongoing.
RIP to the dead n condolences to the surviving family n friends.
2. A 77-yr old woman died while the maid was detained for questioning. Not the 1st case n neither will it be the last.
I wonder if there are common threads that can help the employer, n the maid, recognise a breaking point so that such violent n tragic incident can be avoided?
Summarising from my own experience n verbal sharing from friends who hv elderly being taken care of by maids, it is not easy on the maid as elderly, especially those who r frail n sick, can behave rather harshly towards the maid.
The maid may not be properly trained, or learned enough, to handed "difficult" elderly n the immense stress that come with the job. This plus any unfortunate or unpleasant happening in the maid's home town, can triggered uncontrolled violent act that lead to death. Most r not premeditated though manslaughter still means someone died!! It is not much comfort.
May this tragedy be resolved quickly so that closure can be initiated by the family of the dead n that of the supposed killer!
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